Puncuattion Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver Illustrated by Lynn Rowe Reed

This was a story about a small classroom. Every day there would be punctuation on the board, they did their jobs each day. They put up with things like being erased, replaced, corrected, ignored, and moved around. On a hot sunny day, in the middle of a commas lesson, Mr. Wright said "Let's give punctuation a vacation." As the kids rushed outside to play, they stared at each other in disbelief. They were a little hurt and discussed amongst each other and decided to leave the classroom and take a vacation. When the classroom came back they were in shock at the missing punctuations. They received postcards from their vacations. The students couldn't write back correctly or function without punctuation, so they wrote them a letter back. The letters were write but punctuation was scattered all over the place saying that they miss them and to come back. When the punctuation received this letter, they returned to Mr. Wright's classroom. Everything was perfect now. 

This was a perfect book to share with children while learning punctuation in the classroom. If people don't correct their punctuation when they're little, it will carry on with them throughout their life. It is a great example, that without the correct use of punctuation, it makes everything completely different. For example,without commas it will be a run on sentence that will be difficult to follow. 

I also liked the fact that it ended with a vocabulary page called Punctuation Rules. It also has a page describing sentences about punctuation with the perfect punctuation. 

The Night Worker by Kate Banks

 
Illustrations are by Georg Hallensleben

This was a book about a little boy who was completely interested in his father's job. He thought it was so amazing that his father had a night job. He was an engineer in charge of construction for the city at night. Alex would always ask if he could go to work with his father, so one night his father finally said yes and snuck him out into work with him. On their way, they say things that happen in the night such as a street sweeper make his rounds. They took a journey through the streets on their way to work and Alex was so excited to see the different things that happen at night. When they got to his work site, one of the employees gave him a ride in the bulldozer. Alex enjoyed every minute being there, but most importantly was excited he was hanging out with his father. At the end of the night when they went home, he dreamt about being a nigh worker just like his father.

This book could be a perfect book to discuss during career day. Although they are young, it is nice for them to have goals whether they may come true or not. I believe it's nice to get them to start realizing that eventually they could make their dreams come true and be what they want to be. It could maybe make them more motivated in school.

Ian's Walk A Story About Autism

Ian's Walk was a great book for children, especially with children that may have autism or a loved one with autism. At the beginning of the book, Ian's sister wants to go for a walk with her friends. Her brother wants to go, so her mom warns her to be careful since he's going with them. At first, everything he's doing is different from what they're doing. His reactions to things are different, from theirs. She doesn't get mad, but she gets a little irritated with some of the things he does. While her and her friend are playing by the river, he has his head against a stone on the floor for fun. After a while, they want to get pizza. Since he doesn't want to get pizza, his sister leaves to get the food. While she's gone, he wonders off. They freak out. So she closes her eyes and thinks about the different things he does and since she knows him too well, she knows where to find him. At the end, they find each other and it changes her perspective. Now she does the different things he likes to do with him. 

It is a great story for children to discuss. It shows that you can put the person's differences aside and have fun together. When she almost realized her brother was gone, she started to take him serious and precious their time together. I definitely recommend this book for children, especially like I said for kids with autism or   are close to autist